Smiling Black Boy

Dateca. 1855

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (tray): 3 5/8 × 3 1/4 × 3/8 inches (9.21 × 8.26 × 0.95 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.4596

Signednone

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn plate verso, on modern paper seal, in pencil: "NO PLATE MFG'S MARKS / 2-PLY 100% RAG BOARD SPACER INSTALLED BETWEEN PLATE & MAT, REGLAZED, SEALED W/FILMOPLAST P-90 TAPE, 12-13-2005 GSW / 400-33-95"

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DescriptionImage of a smiling black boy. This sixth plate daguerreotype is housed in an oval brass mat in the tray of a brown case.

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